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The Conservative controlled Birmingham City Council want to retain grammar schools which select their pupils on attainment despite the 1976 Education Act passed by the Labour Government stating that selection must end or if schools want to continue the practise they have to leave the state system and become fee paying independents.
We open with exterior views of Birmingham Council House (part removed). Shot of the entrance to King Edward VI High School for Girls in Handsworth and inside showing the girls in an assembly. Montage of shots of other grammar schools in Birmingham. The dispute has now led to the council being taken to the High Court by the Government. Interview with the chair of the council's education committee Councillor Neil Scrimshaw who hopes that their dispute will be solved by a General Election and the return of a Conservative government. Interview with a Labour councillor who is opposed to grammar schools. Sign for King Edward's Five Ways School and views of the campus which is at Bartley Green. Shots inside the school showing pupils in woodwork and science lessons. The school has chosen to become a fee paying independent. We then visit Kings Norton Grammar School which is taking a different approach and becoming a comprehensive school. We see views of children on the playing fields and shots of pottery and science lessons. Interview with the head-teacher of Kings Norton about the change. Next we visit King Edwards Girls School at Edgbaston which has also gone independent. Interview with the head-teacher about the assisted places available for less wealthy pupils. The item ends with a further mute montage of school shots.
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